NAIA Women's Soccer Weekly Honors Announced for Oct. 3 :: Lissa Coby of St. Xavier (Ill.) and Brittany Tibbs of Oklahoma City are named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week

Lissa Coby of St. Xavier (Ill.) and Brittany Tibbs of Oklahoma City are named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week

Oct. 3, 2007

Lissa Coby of St. Xavier (Ill.) has been named the NAIA Women's National Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, Sept. 30.

Coby, a senior forward from Ingleside, Il played a vital role in the Cougars two league game wins this past week by totaling two goals and four assists. She registered 3 assists in a 5-0 road win vs. Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.) then followed that performance by notching two goals and an assist on the game-winning goal in a 4-1 victory over Illinois Institute of Technology. Coby is SXU's leading scorer with 12 goals, 9 assists and 33 total points and has been awarded the Collegiate Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors three times this season.

Other Women's Offensive Nominees:

Jessica Estep, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio); Monica Ragan, Evergreen (Wash.); Samantha Exstrom, Doane (Neb.); Tiffany Cox, Lee (Tenn.); Heather Muilenburg, Kansas Wesleyan; Nicole Revenaugh, William Jewell (Mo.); Leah O'Grady, Bethel (Tenn.); Erin Tulip, The State University New York; Katie Sayler, Spring Arbor (Mich.); Robin Sutherland, Rogers State (Okla.); Erica Alderman, Montana State (WV.); Sandra Vargas, St. Thomas (Fla.); Trina Mcgee, Concordia (Calif.)

Brittany Tibbs of Oklahoma City has been named the NAIA Women's National Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, Sept. 30.

Tibbs, a freshman goalkeeper from Kansas City, MO recorded two shutouts on the week. In games against Wayland Baptist (Tex.) and Oklahoma Christian, Tibbs had a total of six saves in 135 minutes. She was also named the Sooner Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the third time in a row, as well as the NAIA Region VI Defensive Player of the Week. On the year, Tibbs has four shutouts and combined for two others. She has a 0.35 goals against average this season.

Other Women's Defensive Nominees:

Tiffani Martin, Tennessee Wesleyan; Sarah Nadeau, Maine-Fort Kent; Erica Greco, William Jewell (Mo.); Bailey Martin, Grand View (Iowa); Sofia Abrahamsson, Northwood (Fla.); Rachel Popowych, Roberts Wesleyan (NY); Laura Pla, Union (Tenn.); Shannon Netherby, Spring Hill (Ala.); Sarah Horsch, Indiana Wesleyan; Kelly Berst, Morningside (Iowa); Jessica Baker, Bellevue (Neb.); Lauren Gregston, Biola (Calif.); Karyn Allen, Corban (Ore.)